The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday threatened authorized motion in opposition to Rameez Raja after a confrontation broke out between the board’s new administration committee and the previous chairman following his formal exit.
Last Thursday, Raja was eliminated as PCB chairman by the nation’s authorities, which appointed a 14-member committee headed by Najam Sethi to run the affairs of the sport for the subsequent 4 months. Following his dismissal, Raja alleged that he was not even allowed to gather his belongings from the board workplace after the federal government suspended the Constitution.
Najam Sethi tweets at 2 am that Rameez Raja is out. Is it an honor for a former captain? I used to be not even allowed to go to the workplace and gather my belongings,” Rameez mentioned on his YouTube channel on Monday.
“In the morning after the announcement of my removing, there have been round 17 folks strolling across the PCB places of work as in the event that they owned it.
“It was as if I had committed a crime and I would take some incriminating evidence from my office. What a farce is this? These people are just here to have fun and get publicity… They don’t know anything about cricket.”
The former batsman additional mentioned that nothing good must be anticipated for Pakistan cricket with the brand new committee in energy.
“What occurred to me is simply political harassment and vendetta as a result of I used to be appointed by the opposition get together although I’ve no political affiliation with anybody. I used to be appointed on the premise of my cricketing and administrative credentials.
Rameez mentioned that the committee is taking such selections which can spoil the ambiance in Pakistan’s dressing room. He additionally identified the distinction between the bills incurred because the chairman of the board and the quantity spent by Sethi as chairman earlier.
He mentioned, ‘These folks have no idea something about cricket, they’ve come just for fame and limelight. I’m bitter and disillusioned as a result of I used to be not allowed to finish my three-year time period and all my plans for the betterment of Pakistan cricket had been demolished to accommodate only one particular person.
Sethi and the committee had been clearly shocked by Rameez’s remarks and issued a press release, insisting that they reserved the precise to take authorized motion in opposition to the previous captain for his allegations. The assertion mentioned Rameez’s comparability of his bills throughout his earlier time period with that of the present president is deceptive and inaccurate because the circumstances are incomparable.
According to the PCB, Sethi’s bills had been excessive as he needed to journey overseas lots because the Pakistan Super League and worldwide matches had been held within the United Arab Emirates.
“The Pakistan Super League was held offshore from 2016 to 2018, together with a number of visits to the UAE to carry marquee tournaments. However, no PSL allowance has ever been paid to the present Chairman Sethi and this data is introduced solely as prone to be payable.
“In distinction, PSL 2022 was organized below former chairman Mr Raja and was held solely in Karachi and Lahore.
“The international tour bills are excessive for the present chairman Mr. Sethi, as throughout his earlier tenure, the PSL and Pakistan’s house worldwide matches had been performed exterior Pakistan.
“Hence, the present chairman was required to make frequent visits to UAE for PSL and bilateral sequence and associated conferences.
All journey bills had been permitted by the suitable authorities and duly audited (internally and externally).
The assertion additionally claimed that “the present chairman Mr. Sethi was given automobile allowance as per the approval of the Board of Governors as he used his private armored car attributable to safety threats.
“On the opposite, the PCB supplied a brand new armored car price Rs 16.5 million to former chairman Mr Raja.
“The security expenditure of the current Speaker Mr. Sethi was very high due to the additional security that was required to be provided to him as he was the former Chief Minister of Punjab province and the Intelligence Bureau and Special Branch Punjab had issued threat advisories to him.”
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PCB additionally mentioned that it by no means stopped Rameez from coming into the stadium and his belongings might be returned to him on Wednesday and he’s at all times welcome to return to the stadium.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
